Morning File, Monday, July 9, 2018

News 1. The border Writes Stephen Kimber: In the past month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection stopped 21 vessels in the Gulf of Maine “looking for illegal immigrants.” Illegal immigrants? From Canada? Or should that be to Canada? Click here to read “Donald Trump and the border: He stands on guard for he.” This article […]

Morning File, Wednesday, June 20, 2018

News 1. Stadium Yesterday, I went to Halifax City Hall expecting to hear councillors discuss cannabis legalization; I was preparing for a hilarious debate about the evils of smoking the ganja. But before that conversation could get going, the Maritime Football Ltd. people showed up and council kicked the public out of chambers so they […]

This episode is really about the city you want vs. the city you need. Take professional sports. There’s been some talk about a group of investors bringing a CFL franchise to Halifax. Some people are excited about this. Tim is not one of them. Still, we wanted some perspective. We reached out to Moshe Lander, […]

News 1. Teachers “Officials with the provincial government and the Nova Scotia Teachers Union will resume contract talks on Monday,” reports Michael Gorman for the CBC: A day after the two sides reached an impasse, which cancelled talks that were scheduled for Sunday, the union announced in a news release they would meet with a conciliation officer again beginning […]

News 1. War deaths “Aaliyah Desmond celebrated her 10th birthday three days after Christmas. She had just begun horseback riding, and announced to her family on New Year’s Eve she wanted to be a veterinarian,” reports Michael MacDonald for the Canadian Press: “She always had a nice little smile,” her great-aunt, Catherine Hartling, said Wednesday. On Tuesday, […]

This week saw a meltdown at Province House of near epic proportions with Education Minister Karen Casey locking Nova Scotia students out of their own classrooms while insisting that teachers had to show up to teach … I dunno, the dust motes? Joining us to try to make sense of this colossal clusterfuck is former […]

News 1. The S-word No, not soccer, but we’ll start with that. Reports Chris Cochrane for Local Xpress: The top official with a new Canadian pro soccer league, planned for a 2018 start in several major Canadian cities, was in Halifax Wednesday for talks with those behind a proposed local franchise. Halifax-based sports promotion firm Sports & […]